Maysoon (also spelled Maysun) is an Arabic given name for females, meaning "beautiful face and body". [1] Notable persons with that name include:
Abdul Majid is a Muslim male given name and, in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Majid. The name means "servant of the All-glorious", Al-Majīd being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.
Uday (also transliterated as Odai, Oday, Oudai, Ouday, or Udai, is an Arabic masculine name. The name means "runner". Uday is also an Indian masculine name which means "dawn" or "rise". The Arabic and Sanskrit words are probably unrelated.
Ayman is an Arabic masculine given name. It is derived from the Arabic Semitic root for right, and literally means righteous, he who is on the right, right-handed, blessed or lucky.
Murtadha or Murtada or Murtaza, also spelled Mortaza or Morteza. is a common Muslim name of Arabic origin. Pronunciation varies with accent, from native Arabic speakers to speakers of European and Asian languages.
Naji is an Arabic male given name, which is derived from the Arabic verb to survive. It is also a surname.
Abdul Ghaffar and Abdul Ghafoor or Abdulghafour are two related male Muslim given names, and, in modern usage, surnames. They are built from the Arabic words Abd, al- and either Ghaffar or Ghafoor respectively. Both names mean "servant of the All-forgiving", Al-Ghaffār and Al-Ghafūr being two of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.
Abdul Baqi is a male Muslim given name. It is built from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Baqi. The name means "servant of the Everlasting", Al-Bāqi being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.
Abdulwahab is a male Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Wahab. The name means "servant of the all-giver", Al-Wahāb being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.
Abdul Sattar is a male Muslim given name, built on the Arabic words Abd, al- and Sattar. The name means "servant of the Veiler ".
Kazem means "tolerant", "forgiving", and "having patience" is an Arabic male given name. Although the pronunciation of the Arabic letter Ẓāʾ is often closer to a strong "d" sound, given the prevalence of the name in Greater Iran, and subsequent cultural exchanges between Persia and Indian Subcontinent, Central Asia and Anatolia, the letter is commonly pronounced as Z. Thus the name's pronunciation differs based on location and consequently in its transcription.
Abdur Razzaq is a male Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Razzaq. The name means "servant of the all-provider", Ar-Razzāq being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.
Maysoon Salem Al-Damluji ; born 1962) first name also spelt Maysun, is a liberal Iraqi politician and women's rights campaigner. She was Iraq's deputy minister of culture from June 2004 until March 2006 and is a member of the Council of Representatives for the Al-Wataniya national coalition, headed by former Prime Minister and Vice President Iyad Allawi. Al-Damluji is the president of the Iraqi Independent Women's Group (IIWG). Her brother, Omar Al-Farouq Al-Damluji, was Iraq's minister of housing in 2004-5. Her nephew, Hassan Al-Damluji, is a British-Iraqi development strategist.
Maysoon Pachachi is a film director, editor and producer of Iraqi origin. She was educated in Iraq, the U.S., Britain and can speak English, Arabic, French and Italian. She studied Philosophy at University College London and Film under Thorold Dickinson at the Slade School of Art, where visiting lecturers included Jean Renoir and Gillo Pontecorvo. She has made documentaries in Iraq, Iran, Palestine, Egypt, Syria and Lebanon. Aside from making films, Maysoon has also taught film directing and editing in Britain, Iraq and Palestine. She now lives in Britain where she co-founded Act Together: Women Against Sanctions and War on Iraq, a group of UK-based Iraqi and non-Iraqi women formed in 2000 to campaign against the economic sanctions on Iraq. They also campaigned against the invasion of Iraq. Now the group's focus is on the occupation and the support of independent grassroots women’s initiatives in Iraq. She has also written articles on her work in Iraq and Palestine for the New Statesman and The Guardian among other publications.
ʿAbbās means "Lion" in Arabic The name traces back to Al-‘Abbas ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib and Abbas ibn Ali, a son of Ali ibn Abi Talib, who participated in the battle of Karbala alongside his master and Imam of the time Husayn ibn Ali. Abbas ibn Ali is revered by Shia Muslims, some of whom are named Abbas in remembrance and tribute to him. There is an Arabian tribe of the same name, the Banu Abbas.
Osama, alternatively Ausama and Usama, is an Arabic masculine given name.
Abdul Jabbar is a Muslim male given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Jabbar. The name means "servant of the All-compeller", Al-Jabbar being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.
Pachachi is a surname. The Pachachi family are a prominenent Sunni Iraqi landowning family. Notable people with the surname include:
Sarmad (also transliterated as Sarmed, is a masculine Persian/Arabic given name, the meaning of the name in Persian/Arabic Eternal or Everlasting. The name is also given to Christian male babies born in the Middle East.
Al-Hashimi, also transliterated Al-Hashemi, Hashemi, Hashimi or Hashmi is an Arabic, Arabian, and Saudi surname. The definite article Al- usually distinguishes the Arabic from the more numerous Saudi languages form.
Yaseen is an Arabic-based name and a variant of Yasin, Yassin, Yassine and Yacine. It is an Arabic-based name used frequently in the Arab World and in Muslim countries; Arabic: ياسين, IPA: [ˈjɑːsiːn]) is a surname and unisex given name of Arabic origin. The name comes from a chapter (surah) of the Quran called Ya-Sin. It is an epithet of the prophet Muhammad.